There's been a lot about voter ID laws and requirements in the news lately. I think it's a bitter dispicable what some politicians are trying to get passed. Many of the laws and requirements that are trying to be pushed through would require voters to show a government issued photo ID when going to vote. This sounds all well and good at first. However, many Americans cannot AFFORD government IDs. There are people all over the country that have been voting their entire lives that would no longer be able to if such laws were passed.
The idea behind voter ID laws is to stop voter fraud. The issue is that there really hasn't been any voter ID fraud. I'm not certain on the exact figure but the number of document voter fraud in the last election was so minimal is would have literally ZERO effect on the outcome. One reason many politicians are backing these ID laws is because it would get rid of the registered voters that would NOT vote FOR them.
An article caught my attention today on MSN. A Pennsylvania judge halted new voter ID requirements.
Here's the article: http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/02/14182503-judge-blocks-pennsylvania-voter-id-law?lite
I know, it's really troubling to think that there are people running for office that trying to disenfranchise portions of the country.
ReplyDeleteIt's really frustrating to see things like this going on. For a country that's made so much progress, things like voter ID just makes all that progress seem insignificant and reduces faith in a better future.
ReplyDeleteI think you're absolutely right. It's just like when they made people pay to vote back in the day. This is basically an indirect way of doing that. Sure, it's so they know it's actually you going in to vote, but how many problems do they really have with voter fraud these days?
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ReplyDeleteYou raise an interesting point about people not being able to afford an ID. After all, poverty in the U.S. is a major issue that all candidates must address. Still, just letting anyone enter a voting booth with no reasonable form of identification sounds iffy. And I don't think letting voter fraud slide because it's not big enough is a good idea. If every vote counts, as the saying goes, every fake vote messed something up ;)
ReplyDeleteP.S. (I deleted the last comment to edit it. I had written "phone booth" instead of "voting booth" lol. Who the hell still uses phone booths. Those things belong in a museum haha... I need a break.